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Monsieur Ritz: A Peacock Alley Novel
Paperback
Series: Peacock Alley, Book 4
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Apr 16 2026
Pages: 182
Weight: 0.41
Height: 0.42 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
He built the most beautiful rooms in the world. Then he forgot them all.
César Ritz invented modern luxury. The private bathroom. The peach-lit dining room. The radical idea that a hotel should make you feel known. His name became an adjective. Kings fought for his attention. And then his mind began to close its doors - room by room, guest by guest - until the greatest hotelier who ever lived couldn't remember which city he was in.
In 1912, Ritz and his wife arrive at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York. Over fifteen midnight conversations in the legendary Peacock Alley corridor, he tells his life story to Oscar Tschirky - the Waldorf's own master of hospitality - before the memories are gone for good.
From the siege of Paris to the scandal at the Savoy. From a seamstress who saw through him to the wife who held him together. From a partnership with the greatest chef in history to a breakdown on the floor of his own hotel. This is the story of a man who taught the world that attention is love - and paid for the lesson with everything he had.
Monsieur Ritz. A Peacock Alley Novel.
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